title: Certification of Electronic Health Record systems and the importance of the validation of clinical archetypes.
abstract: If Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are to provide an effective contribution to healthcare across Europe, a set of benchmarks need to be set to ensure the quality of such systems. This article describes the results of the EU funded QRec- project and emphasizes the need for validation of clinical archetypes to support the semantic interoperability between EHR systems and other interacting eHealth applications.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Ghent University, Ghent.
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Moor
authors.forename: Dipak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.forename: Jos
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Devlies
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002568:Certification; D003219:Confidentiality; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D012660:Semantics; D012986:Software Validation